Thomas: Why do Democrats want to block Louisiana's school improvements?

10:07 AM,
Sep. 8, 2013

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledges applause before speaking Aug. 24 at a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Cal Thomas

Before Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department move forward with a lawsuit to block vouchers for thousands of low-income students trapped in failing Louisiana public schools, he ought to speak to parents whose children benefit from the statewide voucher measured called the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

One of those parents is Lakisha Fuselier. Fuselier is a single mother of four. Her 8-year-old son, Albert, is a part of the voucher program. A spokeswoman in Gov. Bobby Jindal's office emailed me her story, as told by The Daily Advertiser newspaper last December. ...